中英互译
borrowed plumes
基本释义
- n.借得的漂亮衣服装门面;靠别人得来的声望
双语例句
- The impostor was exposed publicly and thus stripped of his borrowed plumes.这骗子被当众揭发,伪装被撕下了。
- Mary looed charming in her borrowed plumes; she had taken, without asking, her aunt's fan and jewellery.玛丽穿戴着借来的服饰,样子很迷人。她未经允许拿了她姑妈的扇子和首饰来用。
- And then you won't know me, Sir; and I shall not be your Jane Eyre any longer, but an ape in a harlequin's jacket — a jay in borrowed plumes.那你就不认识我了,先生,我不再是你的简·爱,而是穿了丑角衣装的猴子——一只披了别人羽毛的八哥。
网络短语
- Adorn Oneself With Borrowed Plumes狐假虎威
- Strut In Borrowed Plumes狐假虎威